The Party's Over

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee is now over. The Queen seemed to enjoy herself. I believe one of the most sincere smiles I've ever seen cross her sober face occurred without warning when a camera was there to capture it. Not a Queen fan or non-fan, at it were (as who is really a fan - of the Queen, I wonder), I found myself warming to this elderly dame-ette who has held up after 60 years in a peculiar ancient system-tradition that continues to exist in the 21st Century. More for window-dressing, but is still there nonetheless.

But aside from the foul weather on Sunday during the laughable CNN coverage of rain-sogged quasi-ugly boats drifting about on the Thames under a dark, ominous-looking sky, and Prince Philip's ill health, the Queen actually looked happy from time to time, which has caused me to like her after all of these years. Now, of course, somebodies had to come along and throw wet sod on Her Majesty's Jubilee. Talk about being left out in the cold! Read This

However, with Prince Philip not at her side it's oddly karmic how Camilla became her seat-mate during today's ride in the open gilt carriage from Westminster Hall to Buckingham Palace earlier today as Prince Charles, stiff as a board this outing (aside from the elegant hand kiss to his mother), sat face-to-face with both as the carriage rolled its way onward.

How times change. At least on the surface. And through a rude awakening via the handling of Princess Diana's death by the Queen, and the foolish adherence to the rule that a King of England is expected to marry a virgin. Now her son's ex-mistress is his wife and the Duchess of somethings-or-other and that's the end of that, thank you very much.

Did everyone have a good time in-person or vicariously? What did you think of the always-amazing Grace Jones and her Hula-A-Hoop last night at the concert? That's what's rocking - hula-hoops are in the background of "Comet" - a tune I posted on this blog recently that I love more on each listen.  Grace has shown everyone else how to do it since 2009, but now competitors and followers will soon be doing the same now that it's hit the mainstream media headlines.

And that's good. More kids need to use a hula-hoop with the obesity thing going on in America. Let's keep it in the spotlight.

Now, back to real life. No chariots/carriages, uniforms, pomp, circumstance, fashionable hats, royals on display in parades; rock stars entertaining your guests.....

What's an Anglophile to do? Wait for Prince Harry to have another night out with Beckham or dance until the club closes wherever he may be? Heaven knows the lives of Kate and William appear deeply entrenched in the Windsor-Mill. Hip-hip and all that. Except Kate does know how to rock a unique hat.

Time to scat...... 

Image via: Reuters